I did my rhetorical project through post secret. For me i believe it was the most effective! Although all of the different ways allow for the viewer to analyze the image in their own way I felt that post secret would enable me to show my thoughts the best. Each of the different ways can allow words and images but post secret is the most simple to me and can be the most vague allowing for more interpretations. I would not have changed what i did for the project. I loved using my creative side to show my "secrets." Using a still picture allows the onlooker to be able to see the message for a longer period of time allowing for the most detail to soak in.

My Song...

"Cool Thing," by Rascal Flatts has been my favorite song since i can remember. No matter what i always go back to it for some reason. Yah, i have other favorites but those get old after a while but cool thing will always be amazing. Rascall Flatts are by far my favorite country artist. I do have others in hiphop and r&b, but for country its definatly Rascal Flatts. The story about the song it being young and falling in love without even looking for it. It just happened. I love it! If you try to hard to find something a lot of times it doesnt work out, but when you just go with the flow and enjoy your life for what it is amazing things can happen. Just thinking of how happy the couple is in the song is sooo cute :) haha.

Logos, Pathos, Ethos

Personally i believe that pathos is the most effective. This is mostly because i am a very emotional person myself. Emotion is the one thing that drives everything i do. So when i am reading something and it has a sort of emotional appeal to me and i am instantly connected. This is not to say that i think it is the most effective form of rhetoric for everyone because everyone is different. For example my dad is the most logical minded man i have ever met. Everything you say has to have logic behind it or he doesnt pay attention to what you were saying and he hides his emotions to himself so something that has great emotional appeal would not necessarily work for him but something very logical he would understand and connect with immediately.

I think throughout into the wild ethos is the most prominent. Jon shows all of his sources to the point and tell everything how it happened. From the very beginning he has proven himself to be trustworthy although he does have some bias on things. By giving the actually letters written or snipits of Chris' journal he is able to show that he is a very credible author.

Hitchiking....

Honestly i think hitchiking if it could would be more widely used in this day and age. Yet there are laws against it. Although it is still done so obviously it is very important to some peoples lives. I too have not thought a lot about hitchiking, but i believe it is much more dangerous now day than it was in the past. In the past getting raped or killed probably wouldnt even cross a persons mind when getting in a car with another person. Personally i would never hitchike i would be way too scared. I would much rather walk than getting in a car with a stranger. I wish times were how they used to be where a person could easily trust another, but of course times have to change and there is nothing we can do about that.

I do think to some people hitchiking is beneficial, but others very dangerous and not needed. Some its their only form of transportation like McCandless.